Choosing To Not Give Up
Have you ever seen the movie ‘Finding Nemo’? It’s an absolute favourite in our house and for good reason! Dory is my favourite character. She is a bonafide super-hero!
‘Just keep swimming, just keep swimming!’ - what a spark plug! She NEVER gives up! She never even thinks about giving up! That’s what I love about her!
If there ever was a stupendous role model for your children for choosing to not give up…she’s it!
Just Keep Swimming!
Giving up is a choice. Did Dory give up when she was dealing with all of the surmounting issues of the ocean?
No way!
She pressed on through memory problems, being directionally challenged, totally crazy sea currents and great, big sharks!!! And she did it with a good attitude and humour to boot!
The proverbial sharks our children face may seem super scary and too big to beat, but it’s our job as parents to remind them that they have the tools to face any concerns that may come their way.
There is no room for giving up! And that’s a choice we all have to make.
Whenever your child feels like giving up instead of persevering, remind them of all the times they could have given up but didn’t or they wanted to give up but haven’t!
Remind them of the achievements that they’ve made, and will continue to make, because of their dedication.
If they can remember to ‘just keep swimming’, they make a choice to keep going, and that choice will bring them success in their endeavours. Not giving up means just that!
Even if your kiddo feels like they just can’t do it.
Even when it’s soooo hard and the going gets tough.
Even if they feel like they aren’t good at it.
Even when the odds are stacked against them.
Now is a great time to remind them that they are strong.
They have a wealth of healthy tools at their disposal to climb any mountains in their lives!
They can formulate a plan and stick to it...They just need to choose to! These are the surefire ways to achieve the goals they set. Climb that mountain, kiddo!Your reward is so close if only you’ll ‘just keep swimming!’
“We will either find a way or make one.”--Hannibal
When The Going Gets Tough
There’s a saying that says, ‘When the going gets tough, the tough get going!’.
Can you think of any of the amazing explorers that helped discover the modern world?
What about some of the awesome scientists that are discovering new animals, plant life and cures for disease, every day?
These guys are modern day superheroes! They certainly stand strong in the face of adversity.
Think about Lewis and Clark trekking across the huge continent of North America. They faced starvation, grizzly bears, bitter cold and sickness just to name a few.
What if Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills had given up when they were covering the great expanse of Australia? Maybe we wouldn’t be here today!
All these heroes made the choice to keep on trucking when the going got rough. They CHOSE to never give up!The same goes for our kids.
If we teach them that giving up simply isn’t an option then they’ll carry that with them.
If they know that they can choose to improve and keep going, they’ll always feel capable of achieving the results they were after when they started.This is the epitome of a successful growth mindset!
“Many of life's failures are people who did not realise how close they were to success when they gave up.”--Thomas Edison (1874-1931), inventor of the light bulb
Perseverance - Choosing Not To Quit
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